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Show was already seeking other suppliers sup-pliers to make the necessary SK but conceded that "the search was just about hopeless. ' Mr. Bricker said approximatc- ! ly 3,000 FordTmTlorB affected, and esTirSe? t? bout 12.000 additional I JSSlB of Ford supplier Jft'l affected. MU also TRUCK PRODUCTION REDUCED TWO-THIRDS Truck production at the Ford Motor company will be reduced t two-thirds immediately because Kelsey-Hayes Wheel company is discontinuing shipment of wheel parts, M. L. Bricker, Ford vice president in charge of manufacturing, manufac-turing, announced today. Ford received the following telegram from Kelsey-Hayes Co.: "We regret to inform you that as of today we are discontinuing shipments of all original equipment equip-ment truck parts. This decision is necessary due to the delay in the Automotive Branch of the OP A in acting on price relief or suspension of ceiling for these parts. Until some action is taken by this agency by which we can recover in our selling prices the increased labor and material costs we have been compelled to add since March, 11)42, we will be unable to serve you." Mr. Bricker said the company |